Having THAT Day

So, I started packing up the dvds today.  I’ve got about 6 large boxes of stuff already packed sitting down here in my living room.  And they’re not light!

Then, I realized that the Disney Princess is supposed to be dropping off Doodle tomorrow and the carpet looks nasty.  Mo, Doodle’s cat is not 100% litter box trained.  So, I decided to steam clean the carpet.  Honestly, Mo’s behaviors sometimes keep me from inviting anyone over at all.

So, I moved the boxes into the dining area, leaving just a narrow walk way in which to move from the kitchen to the livingroom with the steam cleaner reservoir and I could carry the steam cleaner itself over the boxes.

I put the footstool up on the couch along with Doodle’s birthday presents I still have to wrap.  Then, I picked up the cats’ cardboard scratcher thing that you rub catnip into.  I put it on top of the footstool, which is on the couch.

As soon as I’ve got the carpet cleaned, as I’m dumping the final bit of yucky water, Mo knocks the scratcher over onto the wet carpet.  Murphy’s Law, it lands upside down! Now there are bits of cardboard and catnip all over my carpet and I can’t vacuum them up because the carpet is wet!

So, what does Mo do?  He rolls around in the cardboard and catnip bits on the wet carpet, getting cleaning solution all working into his long hair and he’s pretty damp!  So then I have to give the stupid cat a bath so he doesn’t die from licking the carpet cleaning solution off himself.

And if that’s not bad enough…

Dude was helping me give Mo the said bath.  The second I let go of Mo to grab a towel, Dude opened the door and ran out of the bathroom!  So then there was this long haired, soaked, dripping cat streaking around the house looking for somewhere to hide!

Arrrgh!  It’s one of those days!